[Bf-committers] meeting minutes sep25: pre-release ahoy!

[antont at kyperjokki.fi]

will put to wiki too, and correct possibly mistakes there

1. rvks / Shape
   - Ton has a proposal merging joeri & monkeyboi ideas and is working on it
     see 
http://www.blender.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5235&start=45&sid=a2fd4463e6376246c6a07e0e5241449f 
for more

2. bpy ui panels

   - Ideasman has a need, and a pretty clear idea about the the UI design.
     A proposal of the implementation is needed.
   - integration of python-implemented tools to normal UI needs discussion

3. ui porting from tuhopuu
   
   - Ton and Matt are working on this
   - send comments to Matt via forums or e-mail
   - things mentioned: some buttons in wrong places, ..

4. soc merge status update

   - fluidsim is in cvs, being worked on there
     * libelbeem.a is big, N_Thome is cleaning and must do so
   - pytex is being made thread safe
   - intrr reports concerning booleans and ffmpeg, 
     both students fix final bugs and provide patches against bf-cvs
     * issue with ffmpeg: including a specific version to blender,
       to avoid version probs. a proposal & patch needed for decision.
       also needs work before merge.

5. defcon status / release schedule

   - we will enter bcon3 during the this (the beginning) week.
   - 2.4alpha1 targeted at next weekend (technically 2.39 for do_versions())
     * documentation needed!
       some new things are there like 
http://www.blender.org/cms/Radial_Blend_Type.677.0.html and 
http://orange.blender.org/blog/bendy-bones
     * please keep antont up-to-date about the docs in the writing
   - further pre-releases and 2.4 final (perhaps Nov1) targeted later
   - scripts for release:
     * LetterRip makes a list for next meeting

5. what does orange need?
 - hair? is discussed and experimented (by Andy)
 - sequencer?:
   * not load everything to RAM
   * strip with keys: see where to set them
   * zooming & scaling is weird
   * better layering solution 
     + filters like alpha 
     + add as layer property and not as seperate effect strip
   .. if ppl make seq. patches Ton can check them

~Toni